Nginx Web Server is one of the two most broadly utilized web servers on the planet. It has been rigid to his position from the past fifteen years as a perfect web server application. Nginx is a web server that focuses on performance and low memory usage. It is as of now one of the …
How to purge / clear Varnish cache for a single URL
Varnish is a reverse web proxy accelerator that caches the HTTP contents. It can speed up requests by a factor of 500-1000 times. By caching and saving CPU time and database requests for content, varnish is able to server hundreds of consecutive requests per second. What is the need for a Varnish cache? The need …
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How to upgrade PHP 5.3 to PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 12.04 with Nginx
If you want to upgrade your PHP 5.3 to PHP 5.6 running on Ubuntu 12.04 with nginx, you need to follow these steps : Step 1: Add the PPA repository for PHP 5.6 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php If you are logged in as the root user, you can leave out ‘sudo’ from the above command If …
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How to Install IonCube Loaders in Linux Server
What is Ioncube loaderIoncube provides security by using encryption / Decryption for PHP applications and IonCube Loader is a PHP extension that works to decode PHP scripts previously encoded by the ionCube PHP Encoder package. It also helps speed up the PHP application execution and restrict unauthorized execution. To install IonaCube Loaders : Step 1 …
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How to zip or unzip files and folders using command line on Ubuntu server
Feeling confused about How to Unzip files and folders using an Ubuntu server? Sometimes you might need to upload or download a folder or file to/from your server and the folder/file can be of any size. It can take a lot of time to upload a folder or file to the server. Also, it …
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How to download large files from Linux server using command line
You would frequently require to download files from the server, but sometimes a file can be very large in size and it may take a long time to download it from the server. Downloading large file from server using FTP is time consuming. You can download the file from the server, using command line, which …
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How to install LetsEncrypt free SSL certificate on Nginx (Ubuntu 14.04, 12.04)
What is Let’s Encrypt ? Let’s Encrypt is a service provided by the ISRG (Internet Security Research Group). It is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is based on the following key principles : Free Automatic Secure Transparent Open Cooperative To begin the installation of the Free …
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How to upgrade from PHP 5.x to PHP 7 (WordPress site + Nginx)
PHP 7 was released in December 2015. A stable version of PHP 7 is now out and has been getting a good response from the development community. Some of the key new features / improvements in PHP 7 are : 1. Performance The performance of PHP 7 has almost doubled that of PHP 5.6. The …
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How to create a swap on Ubuntu 14.04
What is a Swap Partition ? A linux swap partition becomes useful when your server’s RAM gets full. When your RAM gets full, then your swap partition will act as a RAM for your other applications. But does not this mean this is a great alternative to having a large RAM, because a swap partition …
How to create a swap partition on Ubuntu 12.04 VPS
What is a Swap Partition ? A linux swap partition is like an overflow for your system’s RAM. If your RAM gets full, then your swap partition will run the other applications. So does this mean this is a great alternative to having a large RAM ? No ! because a swap partition on a …
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